Funny how the view from the towers there and the towers here look the same.

You're using much nicer quality tower stock. I think in spring we're supposed to put up new style towers. Maybe they'll be more like yours, though I doub't we'll ever need to go beyond 90' or 100'.

We have ton's of those golden nugget towers like your on in that picture. Our highest is a 120' one. Not my favorite to climb. We've been moving to Trylon 100' Titan free standing towers.

A picture of one of our titan towers.



Just adding these two because of the beautiful view from one of our solar sites.

ever watch those video's of the kids in russia climbing all over these buildings and towers without anything to catch them. One young kid did fall to his death, but those guys are nuts and I get sick just watching.

Nice pics! That's some gorgeous terrain.

I've never heard the "golden nugget" expression before. But getting up to 120' with one of those things... yeah, I don't know. Installing the last few sections would be a bit scrotum condensing.

The worst part of putting the towers up is that sometimes we have to carry the entire assembly up the mountain. Not mountains like you have there, but respectable hills by anyone's standards. Eh tabarnac! The tower sections, all the hardware, rolls of guy wire, tools, chainsaws, gas, oil, lunch, water, and a lovely 20kg bag of crushed stone that goes under the base section. The worst took us about six-hours to mule the stuff up the hill... and then we had to put the tower up. My God.

The view from the top of one of our towers.

Vertigo is funny in the way it works. I did four photo shoots from helicopter skids with no issue, and yet I can't stand on 100' and look straight down.

Goalie, I suppose double-hooking means you climb the extend of your safety line, then hook the next one above you and clear the one below?

That's pretty much it. We use something like the following so we can maintain 100% tie off. http://www.haberkorn-textiles.at/uploads...alldaempfer.jpg

We are lucky in the fact we can access most of our sites via 4x4 truck and if not we usually use ATV's if we have a lot to pack in. Winter is a lot more challenging though. I think this year we've had to rent snowmobiles a dozen or so times.

Ah yes, I know that from my Firedepartment time - the wrapped up part will expand and dampen the fall into the harness.

This is the type of stuff that makes my stomach just go crazy!

The video picture is enough to make me queasy Top Gun.


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Yeah, jumping does seem easier than climbing towers like that. Of course, the fear with tower climbing is that you'll lose your grasp or footing. I haven't done much climbing like that, but I did get a little uneasy when hiking on Angel's landing at Zion and on the metal spire staircase at the very top of the M�nster in Ulm, Germany. Child's play comparatively. I don't believe the public is allowed to climb the metal staircase on the munster anymore, though, or so I've heard. Perhaps a friendly Bavarian could set the record straight.

Reminds me of the bridge in Taviana.

Just realized that it is in Baden-W�rttemberg, not Bavaria. Pretty close to the border though. I guess that's why a Bavarian didn't bother.